Taiwan NCSIST tests live cruise missiles as Chinese warship nears the island

[Zarvan]

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Taiwan NCSIST tests live cruise missiles as Chinese warship nears the island​

Defense News August 2022 Global Security army industryPOSTED ON FRIDAY, 19 AUGUST 2022 14:30

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According to Radio Free Asia on Friday, August 19, the Taiwanese state-run National Chung Shan Institute of Science and Technology (NCSIST) conducted a series of live-fire missile tests on Thursday and Friday as a Chinese warship sailed near the island’s east coast, local media reported.
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Firing of a Hsiung Feng II cruise missile (Picture source: NCSIST)

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The National Chung Shan Institute of Science and Technology (NCSIST) test-fired Hsiung Sheng surface-to-surface cruise missiles into the eastern waters of Taiwan from the Jiupeng military base in Pingtung County, according to a report by the official Central News Agency (CNA).

Just hours before the test began, a Chinese guided-missile destroyer was spotted 60 kilometers (37 miles) northeast of Green Island, Taitung County. Green Island is only over 30 kilometers (19 miles) from Taiwan’s main island and, together with Orchid Island, is included in the “danger zone” of the projectiles which extends about 200 kilometers (124 miles) off the coast of Taitung.

The NCSIST announced last month that it would conduct two rounds of missile tests on Aug. 18-19 and Aug. 25-26. The missiles have an "unlimited" projectile altitude, meaning they are medium and long-range.

The Hsiung Sheng cruise missile is an improved variant of Taiwan’s homegrown Hsiung Feng 2-E missile and has a reported range of up to 1,200 kilometers (746 miles), making it capable of striking targets in Chinese cities as far as Qingdao.

The Hsiung Feng IIE (HF-2E; lit. 'Brave Wind IIE Cruise Missile') is a surface-to-surface cruise missile. The baseline HF-2E Block I land attack cruise missile (LACM) is said to be powered by an indigenously-developed Taiwanese turbofan engine believed to be rated in the 800 lbf (3.6 kN) thrust range and developed by CSIST partially based on technology and experience from the Microturbo 078 turbojet engine used on Hsiung Feng 2 (HF-2) anti-ship cruise missiles. When equipped with a standard unitary high-explosive 1,000 lb (450 kg)-class warhead, it is said to have a maximum range of 700 km. Other types of warheads are said to be in development, such as cluster submunitions and a hard target penetrator warhead. TDR also reported that through modification of the existing engine and combined with the redesign and reduction of the missile's control and electronic systems, CSIST was able to free up enough internal space/weight in the missile to allow it to carry additional fuel and extend its range to over 2,000 km, although a Defense News report claimed the other version was only an 800 km range missile. The ultimate objective is to develop a missile that has an objective range of over 5,000 km (3,100 mi), using a technologically advanced Taiwanese power plant with superior fuel efficiency and mission endurance, and possibly a more advanced and lighter miniaturized warhead.

The HF-2E Block I missile uses inertial guidance with Global Positioning System (GPS) and TERCOM updates. For terminal guidance, it uses infrared homing (Imaging infrared) with an autonomous digital target recognition system. The IIR terminal seeker is used for target acquisition and to positively identify an optimal aim point. The target image is then compared against digitized files in the memory of the onboard guidance computer (DSMAC terminal guidance). The HF-2E block I missile's cruising speed is high subsonic, typically in the Mach 0.75 – Mach 0.85 (571–647 mph; 919–1,041 km/h) range. When the missile approaches hostile territory, it would descend to an altitude of about 15–30 m (49–98 ft). On its final approach to its target, the missile would climb up to avoid any physical barriers and to allow its IIR seeker to acquire the target and identify an optimal aim point before plunging down onto the designated impact point. The report in Taiwan Defense Review, credited the HF-2E block I missile with a pre-terminal accuracy of around 15 m.

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[khansaheeb]

Taiwan should refrain from provoking China else the consequences can be devastating, Last thing Taiwan should want is to be drawn into a proxy war leading it to it's total destruction. Best course of action for Taiwan is to engage into a Hong Kong style integration for future prosperity.

 

[Broccoli]

Taiwan should refrain from provoking China else the consequences can be devastating, Last thing Taiwan should want is to be drawn into a proxy war leading it to it's total destruction. Best course of action for Taiwan is to engage into a Hong Kong style integration for future prosperity.

So you say Taiwan doesn't have right to defend itself against communist tyranny?

Hong Kong has lost population after Chinese take over.

 

[Raj-Hindustani]

Taiwan should refrain from provoking China else the consequences can be devastating, Last thing Taiwan should want is to be drawn into a proxy war leading it to it's total destruction. Best course of action for Taiwan is to engage into a Hong Kong style integration for future prosperity.

Seriously?

Don't be to much blind because of friendship with anyone..

 

[GreatHanWarrior]

Yun Fengs launching from Taiwan could strike PLA bases in Shanghai and Beijing. Airfields and command centers are the most valuable targets

Let India learn how to make rifles and bullets. Then talk about our modern civilized world. OK？

So you say Taiwan doesn't have right to defend itself against communist tyranny?

Hong Kong has lost population after Chinese take over.

I don't think Israel is a "legitimate" country in the world. Israel is just a parasite that relies on Chinese technology and funds to survive. isn't it?

If communism is tyranny. According to Israeli crimes against humanity. China has the right to carry out "hydrogen bomb cleaning" of Israel. Do you think?

 

[Oldman1]

Taiwan should refrain from provoking China else the consequences can be devastating, Last thing Taiwan should want is to be drawn into a proxy war leading it to it's total destruction. Best course of action for Taiwan is to engage into a Hong Kong style integration for future prosperity.

How about try not pointing thousands of missiles at Taiwan. If they want Taiwan back peacefully, there are better ways.

 

[khansaheeb]

Seriously?

Don't be to much blind because of friendship with anyone..

Just being realistic,

How about try not pointing thousands of missiles at Taiwan. If they want Taiwan back peacefully, there are better ways.

Sadly China is not going to withdraw the military threat so the next best option for Taiwan is negotiate a win-win settlement. Taiwan accedes to one China rule and China gives them semi-autonomy and Chinese style capialism.

So you say Taiwan doesn't have right to defend itself against communist tyranny?

Hong Kong has lost population after Chinese take over.

What I am saying is China has the greater right over Taiwan and Taiwan should realise the consequences of resisting the change. Taiwan needs to cast aside the emotions and do it's calculations and extrapolate to what is happening in Ukraine. With or without US help Taiwan will end up in to rubble and conflict with China is no solution. Negotiation is the best course of action.

 

[gambit]

What I am saying is China has the greater right over Taiwan and Taiwan should realise the consequences of resisting the change. Taiwan needs to cast aside the emotions and do it's calculations and extrapolate to what is happening in Ukraine. With or without US help Taiwan will end up in to rubble and conflict with China is no solution. Negotiation is the best course of action.

Cast aside their emotions? You speak as if you are devoid of emotions.

Is there anything in your life that you would fight for even if you know that you could -- not would -- die and never enjoy the benefits of that which you fought for? Am willing to bet dollars to doughnuts that the answer is 'No'. Am willing to bet dollars, or £, to doughnuts that your life have been so comfortable that YOU do not know what it is like to be desperate. So who are you to even recommend the Taiwanese, who have their distinct culture from China, to negotiate with China to surrender their independence?

Have you ever heard the old saying "It is better to die on one's feet than to live on one's knees" ? I doubt you even know how that FEEL.

 

[patero]

Yun Fengs launching from Taiwan could strike PLA bases in Shanghai and Beijing. Airfields and command centers are the most valuable targets

They can also strike the three gorges dam and would be difficult for air defenses to stop. Taiwan already has enough Yun Fengs (50+) to launch a saturation attack and probably destroy the three gorges dam, affecting up to 600 million people down stream and neutralizing important parts of the Eastern and Central Theatre commands.

 

[casual]

They can also strike the three gorges dam and would be difficult for air defenses to stop. Taiwan already has enough Yun Fengs (50+) to launch a saturation attack and probably destroy the three gorges dam, affecting up to 600 million people down stream and neutralizing important parts of the Eastern and Central Theatre commands.

just how exactly is large and slow missile like this difficult to stop? good luck flying this into layered AA zones of the taiwanese strait.

 

[khansaheeb]

Cast aside their emotions? You speak as if you are devoid of emotions.

Is there anything in your life that you would fight for even if you know that you could -- not would -- die and never enjoy the benefits of that which you fought for? Am willing to bet dollars to doughnuts that the answer is 'No'. Am willing to bet dollars, or £, to doughnuts that your life have been so comfortable that YOU do not know what it is like to be desperate. So who are you to even recommend the Taiwanese, who have their distinct culture from China, to negotiate with China to surrender their independence?

Have you ever heard the old saying "It is better to die on one's feet than to live on one's knees" ? I doubt you even know how that FEEL.

Spoken like a true warrior but lacking insight in the facts:-

"From the late 13th to early 17th centuries, Chinese people gradually came into contact with Taiwan and started settling there. Named Formosa by Portuguese explorers, the south of the island was colonized by the Dutch in the 17th century whilst the Spanish built a settlement in the north which lasted until 1642. These European settlements were followed by an influx of Hoklo people including Hakka immigrants from the Fujian and Guangdong areas of mainland China, across the Taiwan Strait."
In 1662, Koxinga, a loyalist of the Ming dynasty who had lost control of mainland China in 1644, defeated the Dutch and established a base of operations on the island. His forces were defeated by the Qing dynasty in 1683, and parts of Taiwan became increasingly integrated into the Qing empire. Following the First Sino-Japanese War in 1895, the Qing ceded the island, along with Penghu, to the Empire of Japan.
-(https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_Taiwan)

So China has always had a stake in Taiwan and it was taken away by colonial forces. Therefore China has every right to take Taiwan back when it has the ability to do so. The British saw the fallacy of their colonial claim and relinquished Hong Kong, but the US is intent on causing a bloodbath by egging on the Taiwanese into futile resistance very much like the US did by pushing Ukraine in front of the Russian juggernaut. Sorry Mr Doughnut lover, I know truth is hard to face and reality can stink but even the US knows that confrontation with China is a no go and Taiwan will eventually be sacrificed like a weak pawn that it is.

 

[MH.Yang]

They can also strike the three gorges dam and would be difficult for air defenses to stop. Taiwan already has enough Yun Fengs (50+) to launch a saturation attack and probably destroy the three gorges dam, affecting up to 600 million people down stream and neutralizing important parts of the Eastern and Central Theatre commands.

1. The Three Gorges is a gravity dam capable of withstanding nuclear bombs of less than one million tons.

2. If a strong attack is made on China's mainland, no matter where the attack comes from, China will certainly launch nuclear bombs against a large number of countries, including all the Anglo Saxon countries. This is called "nuclear bind" system. Russia and USA also have similar systems, such as the "dead hand system".

Dead Hand - Wikipedia

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[gambit]

So China has always had a stake in Taiwan and it was taken away by colonial forces. Therefore China has every right to take Taiwan back when it has the ability to do so. The British saw the fallacy of their colonial claim and relinquished Hong Kong, but the US is intent on causing a bloodbath by egging on the Taiwanese into futile resistance very much like the US did by pushing Ukraine in front of the Russian juggernaut. Sorry Mr Doughnut lover, I know truth is hard to face and reality can stink but even the US knows that confrontation with China is a no go and Taiwan will eventually be sacrificed like a weak pawn that it is.

If the Taiwanese resist, do you think they gave a shid on whether or not their island was 'taken away by colonial forces'? No, if the Taiwanese resist, it will be because of what Taiwan and Taiwanese became TODAY in spite of whatever happened in history.

Look at your own Pakistan. What if the Brits want Pakistan back? Are you willing to go by your own reasoning? We know the answer to that.